Improvement in sewing-machine tables



W. P. UHLINGER.

Improvement in Sewing-Machine Tables.

No.128,568. Patentedluly 2,1872.

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PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM P. UHLINGEE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

.IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,568, dated July 2, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. UHLINGER, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Sewing- Machine Tables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail of the same,

My invention has relation to sewing-machine tables; and consists, first, in the construction and novel arrangement of a hinged shield to inclose the fly-wheel; second, in the construction and novel arrangement of a set of drawers and of a vertically-sliding bolt, adapted to look all the drawers at one movement, all as hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the top of a sewing-machine, and B B the supporting-standards; the latter resting on enlarged bases, 0. D designates the fly-wheel of the sewing-machine, journaled to a cleat attached to the end or standard B. E is the treadle, constructed and arranged in the ordinary manner. The lug e, on the foot-piece, enters a slot in the inner side 'of the base of the standard B and connects with the pitman e. The standard B has secured to it, at the back part of the table, a board, I), to one edge of whichishinged atwo-leafed door, D D, which, when shut, produces a compartment inclosing the fly-wheel and shielding it from contact with the clothing of the machine operator. E is a latch, to secure said door when closed. F

represents a number of drawers, arranged against the outer surface of the standard B, in the order shown. The inner walls F of said drawers have their exterior surfaces lying next to the standard B channeled or set back so as to produce the space G. At the upper part of each of said spaces an L-shaped channel, 9, is cut or formed otherwise to receive an L- shaped guide, g, secured to the standard B. These guides hold the drawers in position and allow them to slide in and out. By means of said slides an additional standard is dispensed with, and the cost of the cabinet or table considerabl y lessened. H indicates a vertical bolt arranged on one side of the standard B and armed with a number of pins or studs, h,passing through slots 1). I represents longitudinal cleats, secured to the drawers, as shown, and of such length and position that when the drawers are closed the studs h shall, when the bolt H is lowered, act as looks or stops to prevent the drawers from being drawn out or displaced by the agitation of the table. the bolt is raised, the drawers may be drawn out, but are stopped at the ends by means of the projecting portions thereof which come in contact with the pins h.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The doubled-leafed or L-shaped door D D combined with a sewing-machine table having the fly-wheel D, standard B, and board b, located as shown and described, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The drawers F provided with the cleats I and l -shaped channel g, in combination with the bolt H having the studs h and the slotted standard B with the L-shaped guides g, attached to sewing-machine tables, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have I hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

I W. P. UHLINGER.

Witnesses GHAs. F. MILLER, TH. HONEGGER.

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